Installing MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display Mid 2012 Left Fan
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Installing MacBook Pro 15"
Retina Display Mid 2012 Left
Fan
Written By: Jake Devincenzi
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PARTS:
MacBook Pro and Air 5-Point Pentalobe
• MacBook Pro 15" Retina Left Fan (1)
Screwdriver (1)
Plastic Opening Tools (1)
Spudaer m
• T5 Torx Screwdriver (1)
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SUMMARY
Use this guide to install a new left fan (left when the device is resting with the logic board
side closest to you.)
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Installing MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display Mid 2012 Left Fan
Step 1 — Lower Case
• Remove the following pentalobe
screws securing the lower case to
the MacBook Pro with Retina
display.
♦ Eight 3.0 mm
• Two 2.3 mm
Step 2
• Lifting from the edge nearest the
clutch cover, lift the lower case off
the MacBook Pro.
• Set the lower case aside.
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Step 3 — Battery Connector
• Peel back the warning label
covering the battery connector.
Step 4
• Using the flat end of a spudger, gently pry the battery connector straight up out of its
socket on the logic board.
• Bend the battery cables back and out of the way, ensuring that the battery connector
doesn't accidentally make contact with the logic board.
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Step 5 — Left Fan
• Use the flat end of a spudger to lift
the rubber heat sink cover up off
the left fan.
Step 6
• Remove the following three screws
securing the left fan to the logic
board:
♦ One 3.9 mm T5 Wide Head Torx
screw
♦ One 4.4 mm T5 Torx screw
One 5.0 mm T5 Torx screw
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Step 7
• Use the tip of a spudger to flip up the retaining flap on the left fan ribbon cable ZIF socket
• Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flap, not the socket itself.
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• Starting at the top of the cable, slide a plastic opening tool under the left fan cable to free it
from the logic board.
• Use caution when freeing the cable, as it is strongly adhered to the logic board.
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• Lift the left fan out of the device.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
This document was last generated on 2012-11-01 08:55:48 AM.
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